Custom layouts

Hi, Everyone!

I've been playing with BN for a few days with a goal of trying different layout options on the networks produced from searching your database.

I've noticed a nice feature of meta-nodes layouting, but could not find just layouting of selected nodes (without creating a meta-node with selected nodes). Can I layout just selected nodes?

Also when doing a meta-node sublayout I cannot scale (Can I?) the subnetwork, without scaling the meta-node, and most central nodes are layed upon each other.

Also I need to layout nodes of certain types, let's say Transcription Factors and make them aligned hierarchically, but the position should remained "almost" the same. Is this possible to do in BiologicalNetworks? If yes, how... I noticed I can select by type (TF), I can do hierarchical layout, but i could' t figure out how to use this together.

Thanks a lot!

Let me know if I'm getting you right.
About layouting selected nodes... to layout nodes you anyway have to define the area in which this subnetwork should reside, right? For this you create a metanode and define size of the metanode -the area you want your nodes be located. Without metanode you will not be able to define this area.

About layouting by node type, again you select nodes by type (e.g. transcription factor)
create a metanode, define the size of the area and by right clicking chose "Select nodes inside metanode"->Layout->Chose layout.

Let me know if something is not clear or you have problems with this.

Hello!